Printing device.



J. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Imm, 1911.

'Patented May 14, 1912.

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JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,` ASSIGNOR TO ADDRESSOGRAPHCOMPANY,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRINTING DEVICE.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

[Se it known that I, Josrrn S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at thicago, in the county of Cool: and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements 1n Printingl Devices, of

which the following is a specifi ration.

This invention relates to that class of printing devices which areadapted to be stored in trays or drawers in accordance with a card indexsystem and its object is, primarily, to provide the printing device witha. designation indicating the device. with suflicient particularity todistinguish it froln others with which it is stored and arranged in anovel position on the device to enable it to bc read in its storedposition without disturbing any of the devices. lleretofore it has beencustomary to arrange these printing devices in accordance with a cardindex system, with such index A tabs as may be necessary to classify thede vices alphabetically, geographically, or otherwise, but whenever itwas desired to pickout any'one of the devices to change the address orfor other purposes it has been necessary to loosen the devices in thetray or dawer and examine a suitable number thereof. This isobjectionable4 for many reasons and because this work is generally* doneby office boys. or unskilled clerks who are apt to carelessly destroythe classified arrangement of the devices in handling them.

One of the objects of my invention is to distinguish each particulardevice from the rest and in' such a vmanner that it can be readilyselected and removed from the tray or drawer without disturbing ordisarranging any of the other devices therein* The invent-ion also hasfor its object to provide the printing device with a display ledgearranged at an angle to the plane ofl the device so that it isobservable and readable while the device Iis in storage position. In theaccompanying drawings I have illustrated the form which I consider atthis time the preferred' embodiment of the invention and referringthereto-n .Figure 1 isa plan view.. Fig. Q is an edge view. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view.

embodiment of my invention comprises va frame A havin;` spacing flanges5 atits ends,

specification of Letters Patent.

The printing device selected to show the Patented May 14, 1912'.

Application filed February 2, 1911. Serial No. 606,076.

and a printing plate 6 anda card 7 suitably secured in place thereon.'The invention can be embodied in printing devices 4of diti'erentvarieties, and with other vformsof spacing flanges, and with printingforms consisting of set-up type instead of the printing plate. l

A display ledge 8v' is arranged \on'the frame, preferably at the upperedge there-` of and between the spacing lianges. This ledge projects atan angle to the plane of the frame and in the drawingsl I have shown theledge on the front of the frame at the upper edge thereof and projectingforwardly and downwardly to a position oblique to the plane of theframe. This display ledge may have the information it displays printedor stamped or provided thereon in any suitable manner, thedrawings/showing it provided with a bead 9 at its lower edge and withlips 10 at its upper edge and one end and a stop 11 at its other end toreceive and hold a card 12 on which the information is printed. I preferto make this ledge an integral part of the frame, bending it over to thedesired angle and cutting the middle tovform the lips at. the top of theledge so that the 'ard may extend to the extreme top of the ledge, asshown in Fig. 3.

In practice the card 7 may bear an impression of the address of theprinting late and any other desired information an( the card 12 may havethe name of the address vprinted thereon, as shown, or any other des'`ignation which will distinguish the device from others, or which willdistinguish it in a class with certain others. i

In the form illustrated the ledge is on the side of the device oppositeto the spacing Hanges and when the frames are arranged in a tray ordrawer in accordance with a card index system the ledges will be visibleand the information thereon readable While the devices are packedsolidly together. The spacing flanges prevent the plates from" coming incontact with type characters of` adjacent devices in `storage and theyalso enable this compactl arrangement of the devices withoutatfectingthe ledges.

It will be readily understood that if the devices are classifiedalphabetically in storage by the use gf any index tabs there may befollowing each litter of the alphabet a considerable number of devicesin that divi, 1:10

sion and formerly it has been necessary lto release 'the follower of.the tray or drawer, or otherwise loosen up the devices so that' they canbe readily handled for the purpose. of examining and picking out any oneof the devices. ,`With my invention 'there is disclosed on each devicesuch information as will distinguish it from the others, such as thenaine of the address, so that without releasing the follower and withoutdisturbing 'any of the devices in the tray or drawer any particulardevice may be readily found and removed. This greatly facilitates thework involved in changing addresses and making 'notations on the devicesfor enabling the operator'to readily find any particular addressdesired. And further it avoids considerable handling ofthe devices andobviates the liability of disarranging the classification.

The ledge may he employed to vcarry classi! flanges at opposite edgesand on one side thereof, 'and a display ledge on the other side of thedevice extending longitudinally thereof and terminating short of andadjacentthe spacing flanges, said ledge being located at the top of thefr alne and inclined transversely downwardly and outwardly from thedevice, substantial-ly as described.

2. A printing device comprising a plate having spacing flanges atvopposite edges and on one side of the plate, the upper edge portionofthe plate being bent over to form a display' ledge onlthe other sidevof the device extending longitudinally thereof and vinclinedtransversely downwardly and out-y wardly from the frame, substantiallyas described.

3. A printing `device having spacing flanges at opposite edges and onone side thereof, and a display ledgel on the other side of the deviceextending longitudinally thereof at the top of the frame and inclinedtransversely downwardly and outwardly from the frame, substantially asdescribed.

Vitnesses VM. O. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE.

JCSEPH S. DUNCAN.

